Four Angels Fountain ~ Bronze
Sculptor ~ Edward Delaney
The Four Angels Fountain at College Green, Dublin, Ireland, is a secondary piece to the Davis Memorial. The statue of Davis, was unveiled on College Green, Dublin, in 1966.
Designed by Edward Delaney and known locally as the ‘peeing angels’, the fountain in memory of Thomas Davis depicts trumpeting Heralds of the Four Provinces proclaiming one of Davis’s best-known poems A Nation Again. The surrounding tablets illustrate harrowing scenes from the Great Famine of the 1840s.
A Nation Once Again was first published in The Nation on 13 July 1844 and quickly became a rallying call for the growing Irish nationalist movement at that time.
This site was previously occupied by an equestrian statue of William III. That monument was blown up six times before being completely destroyed by a bomb in 1946. The wreck was taken to a corporation yard and the horses huge lead testicles were melted down and used to repair a pipe.
In the background is the Bank of Ireland formerly known as the Irish Parliament House, was the world’s first purpose-built two-chamber parliament house.
The fountain is a great favorite of students, who regularly ‘clean up’ the angels with the addition of dish washing liquid!
Interesting story and photos. Soap suds. Now that’s a first. I have never seen something like that in downtown Honolulu. Lol.
gigi, the soapsuds usually appear on the evening when annual state examination results are published.
That bottom photo reminds me of the time I put the wrong soap in the dishwasher and ended up sudsing up the kitchen floor!
I once did that with the front loading washing machine! What a mess, but a clean mess! 😆
Interesting. Got me to go to Wikipedia to read more about the famine.
I have more famine sculptures in the pipeline for future dates.
for some reason I got homesick looking at this. All will be adjusted next week.
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WWW
Oh dear. WWW, That certainly was not my intention. Enjoy next week and gather memories to warm your heart for the winter!
there used to be a fountain at the bottom of Queen Street, Auckland city, which regularly suffered the soap-bubble game. But I think the city fathers thought it might be better to take it out….
tried to post on your “friends” story but wordpress refused it! I didn’t say anything bad….
Cathy, the Angels have survived for quite a few years. They stand on an island in a very busy traffic spot. The soap suds are usually added in the early hours of the morning when the party folk are on the way home!
Sorry you had difficulty with commenting on Friday’s post. I check the spam every day and you were not lurking there.
Sudsing the fountain up is certainly inexpensive vandalism compared to blowing up the equestrian statue.
Mike, you can say that again. King Billy’s has caused problems since the Battle of the Boyne in 1690!
Even angels love bubble baths…
What? Brighid, you mean to tell me the angels keep a secret stash of bubble bath in there? 😆
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